I wish I had the time – and patience, since some of these films are so ghastly, to sit and watch Ek Phool Do Maali, Doli, Chandan ka Palna, Barsaat ki Raat, Kohinoor etc and try to figure out who he is. Trawl through each film, scene by scene, taking screen caps of every elderly gent whom I can’t identify. And then compare notes across films…

Okay, much as I would like to think otherwise, I have more pressing demands on my time. ;-)

I think he must have been young in his films of 60s. According to the list of films, after his first film in 1947 the next one was in 1957. I’m guessing that he must have been a child artiste in 1947 and then a young man. His last film in 1982 makes him about 50+ then. At the most 60+.

that’s too.. cute? :$ lol.. i searched for him yesterday also, after reading your post, but i’m getting “kashmiri actors”, aamir’s uncle, some Pakistani actor Nazir (at first i thought it was HIM, that I finally found his picture!!, yahoo! — but then I looked at his filmography, and sadly, nothing matched). =[

Romeo and Juliet directed by Akhtar Hussain in 1947 starred Anwar Hussain, Nazir Kashmiri and Nargis. We assume that Anwar and Nazir were Romeo and Juliet respectively as Nargis was Anwar’s real life sister.

1947 was a bit late to be having a male play the female! Although I’m loving the idea of Anwar and Nazir being the lead pair :) It’s probably more likely that Nargis was Juliet and Nazir was Romeo and maybe Anwar was Mercutio or something. Would be good to get my hands on it though if he was that high up on the credits list, I might be able to figure out who he is!

Most of these sites depend on programming – bots – for content, so usually get obscure stuff wrong.
The bot for that site site has created a curious mix of a Indian film and a British production from year 1947

“The first postwar production was a live BBC broadcast on 5 October 1947. Michael Barry directed John Bailey (Romeo) and Rosalie Crutchley (Juliet) in a production that was not regarded as a success, though this is impossible to verify as it was never recorded. ”

A few questions in the right quarters (old-movie buffs) havent elicited anything useful. So the only way is to watch movies where he is credited in the cast and then look for that one unidentified character actor who is common in all. To that end – my movie watching is on! Hopefully Nazir Kashmiri’s true identity will be revealed.